The document outlines the usage of the past tense in English, specifically focusing on regular and irregular verbs. It provides examples of forming positive, negative, and question sentences in the past tense and highlights the importance of recognizing irregular verbs. A list of some common irregular verbs is also included for reference.

1. Used for things that happened
and finished in the past.
Words to look out for are
• yesterday
• last week
• last month
• last year
Normally formed by adding -ed
the base of the verb, but there
are irregulars!
1.
2.
The negative
Use the base of the ver and
past of do + not.
Note there is no need to add
-ed
Examples:
I did not walk
He did not walk
3. The question form
Formed by putting Did at the
start of the sentence
followed by the subject +
base of the verb
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The Positive:
I walked
You walkedHe/She/It walkedYou walkedWe walkedThey walked
The negative
I did not walk
You did not walk
He/She/It did not walk
You did not walk
We did not walk
They did not walk
The question:
Did I walk?
Did you walk?
Did he/she/it walk?
Did you walk?
Did we walk?
Did they walk?

2. 5.
More irregular verbs
6.
Even more irregular verbs!
For a full list of irregular
verbs visit
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verbs.pdf
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To go
In positive - Went - I wentTo eat
In positive - ate - I ateTo pay
In positive - paid - I paidTo drinkIn positive - drank - I drank
To make
In positive - made - I made
To do
In positive - did - I did
4.
To buy
In positive - bought - I bought
To fly
In positive - flew - I flew
To give
In positive - gave - I gave
To know
In positive - knew - I knew
Irregular verbs
There are many
irregular verbs that
don’t follow any
pattern regarding
forming the past
tense.
The most important are
listed here